{"cve":"CVE-2015-8863","nvd":{"published":"2016-05-06T17:59:03.347","modified":"2026-06-17T00:35:23.427","status":"Modified","description":"Off-by-one error in the tokenadd function in jv_parse.c in jq allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long JSON-encoded number, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.html"],"products":["jq_project:jq","opensuse:leap","opensuse:opensuse"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-8863","score":0.07268,"percentile":0.94351,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}